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Into the DeepZIssue 205Newsletter of orthodox Catholics of GippslandJune 2020Grey is TreacherousPope Francis, Morning Mass, 29-04-2020In the First Letter of the Apostle Saint John, there are many contrasts between light and darkness,between lies and truth, between sin and innocence (cf.1Jn1:5-7). However, the Apostle always calls toconcreteness, to truth, and he says to us that we cannot be in communion with Jesus and walk indarkness because He is Light. Either one thing or the other: grey is even worse because grey makes youbelieve that you walk in the light because you aren’t in darkness and this calms you. Grey is verytreacherous – either one thing or the other.The Apostle continues: “If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us”, becausewe all have sin; we are all sinners. And here there is something that can deceive us: saying: “We are allsinners” as one who says “good morning,” “good day,” a habitual thing, also a social thing, we don’t havea true awareness of sin. No, I am a sinner because of this, this and this – concreteness, the concretenessof truth. Truth is always concrete. Lies are ethereal, they are like the air; you can’t catch it. Truth isconcrete. And you can’t go to confess your sins in an abstract way: “Yes, I once lost patience, anothertime and abstract things. I am a sinner.” Concreteness: “I have done this; I have thought this; I havesaid this.” Concreteness is what makes me feel seriously that I am a sinner and not a ‘sinner in the air.’ It’s lovely to hear little ones when they come to Confession: they don’t say strange things, ‘in the air’. Theysay concrete things, and sometimes too concrete because they have that simplicity that God gives to littleones. We too must be simple, concrete: concreteness leads you to humility because humility isconcrete. “We are all sinners” is something abstract. No: “I am a sinner because of this, this and this,”and this leads me to be ashamed to look at Jesus: “Forgive me,” it’s the true attitude of a sinner. It’s important that we give names to our sins within us. We must be concrete, because if we ‘keepourselves in the air’, we will end up in darkness. Let us become like little ones, who say what they feel,what they think: they have not learned yet to say things somewhat wrapped up so that they areunderstood but it’s not said. This is an art of grownups, which often doesn’t do us good. We must also have the freedom to say to the Lord things as they are: “Lord, I am in sin, help me.” AsPeter after the first miraculous catch: “Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord” (Lk 5:8). We musthave this wisdom of concreteness, because the devil wants us to live in warmth, tepid, in grey: neithergood nor bad; neither white nor black, but grey – a life that doesn’t please the Lord. The Lord doesn’t likethe lukewarm. “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just, so much so as to forgive us” (1 John 1:9). Heforgives us when we are concrete. The spiritual life is so simple, so simple, but we make it complicatedwith these nuances, and in the end, we never get there.Let us ask the Lord for the grace of simplicity and also the grace to know well who we are before God.Zenit.org 29-04-2020“Love Jesus as Mary loves Jesus, and love Mary as Jesus loves Mary.”St Teresa of CalcuttaAll issues of Into the Deep are at www.stoneswillshout.comJune 2020www.stoneswillshout.comInto the Deep 1
Clear, Firm, Stable TeachingCardinal Robert Sarah in the Foreword of his book ‘The Day is Now Far Spent’ (2019)We do not have to invent and build the unity of the Church. The source of our unity precedes us and isoffered to us. It is the revelation that we receive. If everyone defends his opinion, his novelty, thendivision will spread everywhere. It wounds me to see so many pastors selling off Catholic doctrine andsowing division among the faithful. We owe the Christian people clear, firm, stable teaching. How can weaccept bishops’ conferences that contradict each other? Where confusion reigns, God cannot dwell! Our unity will be forged around the truth of Catholic doctrine. There are no other means. Trying to winpopularity with the media at the expense of the truth amounts to doing the work of Judas. Let us not beafraid! What more wonderful gift is there to offer to mankind than the truth of the Gospel? Certainly,Jesus is demanding. Yes, following him requires carrying his Cross each day! The temptation tocowardice is everywhere. It lies in wait for pastors in particular. Jesus’ teaching appears too harsh. Howmany among us are tempted to think: “This is a hard saying; who can listen to it?” (Jn 6:60). The Lord turnsthen to those whom he has chosen, to us priests and bishops, and again asks us: “Will you also go away?”(Jn 6:67). He looks us right in the eye and asks each one of us: Will you abandon me? Will you give upteaching the faith in all its fullness? Will you have the courage to preach my Real Presence in theEucharist? Will you have the courage to call these young people to the consecrated life? Will you havethe strength to say that, without regular confession, sacramental Communion is in danger of losing itsmeaning? Will you have the audacity to recall the truth of the indissolubility of marriage? Will you havethe charity to do so even for those who might blame you for it? Will you have the courage kindly toinvite divorced persons who have entered into a new union to change their lives? Do you prefer success,or do you want to follow me? May it please God that with Saint Peter we, filled with love and humility,might answer him: “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life” (Jn 6:68).Holding Out for a HeroYou know those movies where the hero is a strong, courageous, upright and humble man, a man ofhonour, integrity, conviction and love, willing to sacrifice, to defend, to lead, to inspire? They make yourchest swell – and often a tear well up in your eye – and you think that’s the kind of man I would want as aleader! A true leader, aware of his own weakness and limitations, but not using them as excuses; a manwho understands the weakness and limitations of others and challenges them – as he does himself – toovercome, to grow, to give more, to be more, to bear suffering well, to be compassionate and loving, andnever lose sight of the great ‘cause’ worth dying for. Well, I want bishops like that. Is that too much toask? They certainly have the greatest Cause in the world.Instead, we get wishy-washy men who don’t seem to know how to teach, to rule, to sanctify, to inspire, orto challenge. They simply mouth platitudes, shuffle papers, pat people on the back, and take directionfrom the power-women in their diocese. It almost makes you wonder why we need a bishop at all.I checked Canon Law just to be sure:Can. 375 §1. Bishops, who by divine institution succeed to the place of the Apostles through theHoly Spirit who has been given to them, are constituted pastors in the Church, so that they areteachers of doctrine, priests of sacred worship, and ministers of governance.§2. Through episcopal consecration itself, bishops receive with the function of sanctifying also thefunctions of teaching and governing; by their nature, however, these can only be exercised inhierarchical communion with the head and members of the college.Can. 378 §1. In regard to the suitability of a candidate for the episcopacy, it is required that he is:1/ outstanding in solid faith, good morals, piety, zeal for souls, wisdom, prudence, and humanvirtues, and endowed with other qualities which make him suitable to fulfil the office in question;Do you see your bishop there? You are very blessed if you do. And if you don’t, pray! And those in theDiocese of Sale who are now without a bishop, pray harder!Ed.2 Into the Deepwww.stoneswillshout.comJune 2020
Essential ServicesThank you for continuing to send me a paper copyof ITD. I always look forward to it in the post.I have not sent subs until now as I sadly lost myhusband of nearly 50 years to a sudden heartattack early one morning before Christmas 2018.I had not expected it. It has taken me until nowto get sorted. I guess this virus has made us allstay home quietly to organise ourselves!I was very upset that all the bishops immediatelyclosed down all the churches on the same day asgovernment announcements to stay at home. Ithought they might have waited until after StJoseph’s day, Patron of the Church and Patron ofFamilies. Fr Don Calloway, MIC, has recentlypublished a good book on St Joseph as well asone on “Champions of the Rosary”.I would have liked the bishops to announce thatHoly Mass and the Sacraments are essentialservices equal or more than equal to tobacconists,newsagents, bottle shops and hairdressers!I am sorry for the people who missed out onbeing baptised this Easter. Let’s hope our churchcommunities will get back to proper Holy Masssoon. Now I know a little of what it’s like to be aChinese Catholic. God bless them all!Thank you again for your interesting newsletter. Iwould also like to mention and thank God forMother Angelica’s EWTN which has also been agreat blessing at this time.Wendy Harrap, George Town, TasmaniaSt Faustina Feast DayPrayer forGrandparentsPope Benedict XVILord Jesus, you were born of the Virgin Mary, thedaughter of Saints Joachim and Anne. Look withlove on grandparents the world over.Protect them! They are a source of enrichment forfamilies, for the Church and for all of society.Support them! As they grow older, may theycontinue to be for their families strong pillars ofGospel faith, guardians of noble domestic ideals,living treasuries of sound religious traditions.Make them teachers of wisdom and courage, thatthey may pass on to future generations the fruitsof their mature human and spiritual experience.Lord Jesus, help families and society to value thepresence and roles of grandparents. May theynever be ignored or excluded, but always encounterrespect and love. Help them to live serenely andto feel welcomed in all the years of life which yougive them.Mary, Mother of all the living, keep grandparentsconstantly in your care, accompany them on theirearthly pilgrimage, and by your prayers, grantthat all families may one day be reunited in ourheavenly homeland, where you await allhumanity for the great embrace of life withoutend. Amen!Not an Identity CardPope Francis, Morning Mass 01-04-2020- 5 October“If you continue in my word, you are truly mydisciples.” (Jn8:31) From the decree of the Congregation for DivineWorship and the Discipline of the Sacraments,18-05-2020[T]hose that continue in Jesus’ word have theirown Christian identity. And, what is it? “You aretruly my disciples.” Therefore the Supreme Pontiff Francis, acceptingthe petitions and wishes of Pastors, religiouswomen, and men, as well as associations of thefaithful and having considered the influenceexercised by the spirituality of Saint Faustina indifferent parts of the world, has decreed that thename of Saint Maria Faustina (Helena) Kowalska,virgin, be inscribed in the General Roman Calendarand that her optional memorial be celebrated byall on 5 October.Christian identity isn’t a card that says: “I am aChristian,” an identity card, no. It’s discipleship.June 2020If you remain in the Lord, in the Word of the Lord,in the life of the Lord, you will be a disciple. If youdon’t remain in Him, you will be one thatsympathizes with the doctrine, that follows Jesusas a man that does so much charity, who is sogood, who has right values; however, discipleshipis in fact the true identity of a Christian.www.stoneswillshout.comZenit.org 01-04-2020Into the Deep 3
When Our Hearts are TroubledPope Francis Regina Coeli Address, 10-05-2020In today’s Gospel passage (cf. Jn14:1-12), we hear the beginning of Jesus’ so-called “Farewell discourse”.They are the words he addresses to the disciples at the end of the Last Supper, just before facing thePassion. In such a dramatic moment Jesus began by saying, “Do not let your hearts be troubled”. Hesays it to us too, in life’s troubles. But how can we ensure that our hearts are not troubled? Because theheart does become troubled.The Lord indicates two remedies for being troubled. The first is: “Believe in me”. It would seem to be rathertheoretical, abstract advice. Instead, Jesus wants to tell us something precise. He knows that, in life, theworst anxiety, anguish, arises from the sensation of not being able to cope, of feeling alone and withoutpoints of reference when faced with events. We cannot overcome this anguish alone, when one difficulty isadded to another. We need Jesus’ help, and this is why Jesus asks us to have faith in him, that is, to lean noton ourselves but on him. Because liberation from being troubled depends upon entrusting ourselves.Entrusting ourselves to Jesus, taking the “leap”. Jesus is risen and lives precisely to be always by our side.We can thus say to him, “Jesus, I believe that you rose again and are beside me. I believe that you listen tome. I bring to you what upsets me, my troubles; I have faith in you and I entrust myself to you”.There is then a second remedy for being troubled, which Jesus expresses with these words: “My Father’shouse has many rooms. I am going there to prepare a place for you”. This is what Jesus did for us: hereserved a place in Heaven for us. He took our humanity upon himself to carry it beyond death, to a newplace, to Heaven, so that we might also be where he is. It is the certainty that comforts us: there is a placereserved for each of us.There is a place for me too. Each of us can say: there is a place for me. We do not live aimlessly andwithout destination. We are awaited. We are precious. God is in love with us, we are his children. And hehas prepared for us the most worthy and beautiful place: Paradise. Let us not forget this We are intransit here. We are made for Heaven, for eternal life, to live forever. Forever: it is something we cannot evenimagine now. But it is even more beautiful to think that this forever will be entirely in joy, in full communionwith God and with others, without any more tears, without resentment, without division or turmoil.But how can we reach heaven? What is the way? Here is Jesus’ decisive phrase. He says to us today: “Iam the Way”. Jesus is the way to go up to Heaven: to have a living relationship with him, to imitate himin love, to follow in his footsteps. And I, a Christian, you, a Christian, every one of us Christians, can askourselves: “Which way do I follow?” There are ways that do not lead to Heaven: the ways of worldliness,the ways of self-affirmation, the ways of selfish power. And there is Jesus’ way, the way of humble love,of prayer, of meekness, of trust, of service to others. It is not the way of my self-centredness. It is the wayof Jesus, who is the protagonist of my life. It is to go forth every day, asking him: “Jesus, what do youthink of the choice I made? What would you do in this situation, with these people?” It will do us goodto ask Jesus, who is the way, for the directions to reach Heaven. May Our Lady, Queen of Heaven, help usto follow Jesus, who opened Heaven for us.www.vatican.vaKnowing GodPope Benedict XVI, 20-01-2010By knowing Christ, we know the face of God.Christ is above all the revelation of God. In alltimes, men have perceived the existence of God,an only God, but who is far away and does notshow himself. In Christ this God shows himself;the distant God becomes close. We know Godby knowing Christ, his body, the mystery of theChurch and the promise of eternal life.4 Into the DeepTell Us AgainLord, may you bless the world, give healthto our bodies and comfort our hearts.You ask us not to be afraid. Yet our faithis weak and we are fearful. But you, Lord,will not leave us at the mercy of the storm.Tell us again: ‘Do not be afraid.’Pope Francis, Ubi et Orbi address, 27-03-2020www.stoneswillshout.comJune 2020
Just Getting Older (5) Make Something of ItLooking back on our lives, we don’t have to let theworth, the value, of old age be dependent on howpeople react to it. We can always make our livesworthwhile by loving; and having an understandingand care for others, that could leave a legacy ofgoodwill for generations following us. May theLord help us to discover this assignment; and totackle it with enthusiasm and in a carefree manner.It often happens that difficult people change forthe better when they meet someone who believesin them, and relates with them with sympathy.“Do not lay up for yourselves treasure on earth but lay up for yourselves treasure in heaven forwhere your treasure is, there will your heart bealso.” Following that, it doesn’t really matter howold one is, but how one is old. Old age is a gift,but also a task. Old age is a blessing, which wehave to accept with thankfulness; and a burdenwhich we should bravely carry.Therefore, I believe that we should not acceptbeing old as something from which we cannotescape, but something which has been given to usand of which we can make something.Bert Van Galen, Mowbray, TasmaniaPaschal Candle AfterEastertideCongregation for Divine Worship,Paschalis Sollemnitatis, n.99The paschal candle has its proper place either bythe ambo or by the altar and should be lit at leastin all the more solemn liturgical celebrations ofthe season until Pentecost Sunday, whether atMass or at Morning and Evening Prayer.After the Easter season, the candle should be keptwith honour in the baptistry, so that in thecelebration of baptism, the candles of thebaptized may be lit from them.In the celebration of funerals, the paschal candleshould be placed near the coffin to indicate thatthe death of a Christian is his own passover.The paschal candle should not otherwise be lit norplaced in the sanctuary outside the Easter season.June 2020Sowing LifePope Francis, General Audience 27-05-2020I remember the story of a man: an important headof government, not of this time, of past times; anatheist who didn’t have a religious sense in hisheart, but as a child had heard his grandmotherpraying, and that stayed in his heart. And, in adifficult moment of his life, that memory returned tohis heart and he said: “But grandmother prayed.“So he began to pray with his grandmother’s formulasand he found Jesus there. Prayer is a chain of life– always. Many men and women that pray sowlife. Prayer sows life, a little prayer: therefore, it’svery important to teach children to pray. It painsme when I meet children that don’t know how tomake the sign of the cross. It’s necessary to teachthem to do the sign of the cross well, because it isthe first prayer. It’s important that children learnto pray. Later, perhaps, they might forget, takeanother path; however, the first prayers learned asa child stay in the heart, because they are a seedof life, a seed of dialogue with God.Zenit.org 27-05-2020Moving OnSo the Diocese of Sale is without a bishop again.Bishop Patrick O’Regan has moved on to Adelaide.Good luck to him. And them. Before he came toSale in 2015, he said in an interview (Latrobe ValleyExpress 08-12-2014) that he was just a stream comingto join a river, and that it was his role to follow theriver in the direction it was already going. Greatinspiration there. At least he was true to his word,as that seems to be all he did while he was here,just drift along downstream. Prior to starting inAdelaide, he was interviewed (SA Weekend, 23-05-2020)and said he had no particular plan, but was goingto have a look, listen, get the story, earn trust andwork together. Still pretty vague. In spite of nothaving a plan though, he says he does want to seelay people doing more “ministry” – he “wouldn’tlike to think the only people doing ministry arepriests.” Great. Can’t see much emphasis happeningon vocations there. And regarding Cardinal Pell,O’Regan was happy to get on the bandwagon ofthose claiming that Pell’s defence of his innocencewas damaging to the Church, and conside
Wendy Harrap, George Town, Tasmania Prayer for Pope Benedict XVI Lord Jesus, you were born of the Virgin Mary, the daughter of Saints Joachim and Anne. Look with love on grandparents the world over. Protect them! They are a source of enrichment for families, for the Church and for a
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